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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 3, 2008Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 2:56 AM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 10:12 AM CST. It was in force for 74 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 10:12 AM CST
Expired: May 16, 2008, 7:58 PM CDT
In force: 74 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River near Joslin (JOSI2). The gauge peaked at 17.35 ft at Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05446500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 3, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST, 11 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
351 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-032200-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
351 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
EVENING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. ANY STORMS
THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE QUICKLY AT SPEEDS AROUND 40 MPH. SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH.

RAIN THIS EVENING...COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOW MELT... MAY RESULT IN
STANDING WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. THIS WILL
EVENTUALLY RESULT IN RISES ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW FROM WEST TO
EAST. TWO TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA
TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ILLINOIS. THE TRACK OF THIS STORM IS
UNCERTAIN...AND SNOW AMOUNTS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

KUHL/SHEETS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:21 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
921 PM CST SUN MAR 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS      41.95N 91.66W
03/02/2008  M0.50 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL SO FAR THIS EVENING. RAIN HAS QUIT AT THIS TIME.

&&

MIKEZ

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 11:47 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:39 AM CST, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	5 days
Mar 3, 1:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	4 days
Mar 3, 6:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	22 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	6 days
Mar 3, 8:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	3 days
Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	17 hr
Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	24 hr
Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	10 hr
Mar 3, 10:32 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Louisa	57 hr
Mar 3, 10:32 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	18 hr
Mar 2, 6:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	21 days
Mar 2, 6:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	39 hr
Mar 3, 9:57 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Whiteside	19 hr
Mar 3, 9:57 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Stephenson	7 days
Mar 3, 9:57 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	25 hr
Mar 3, 10:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.